Notes on SQLSaturday #15
I drove up on Friday night for the speaker dinner, getting there after a busy day trying to catch up...
2009-05-03
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Blog Posts
Do You Have What It Takes?
I was engaged in a conversation recently where the topic under discussion was "What defines an "A" class player?" Others...
2009-05-02
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Published, Again!
I have written two new articles and they are going to be published, not on SSC but on SSWUG. I...
2009-05-02
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Featured Blog: The HOBT by Aaron Alton
I've been trying to feature a blog each month and for April (one day late!) it's Aaron Alton. HOBT stands...
2009-05-01
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Lost in the Chaos
This morning I had an 8am call with the owners of my company and a consultant that was proposing some...
2009-05-01
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New Community Resource for IT Pros - Server Fault
Not too long ago the developer community got a fantastic resource called Stack Overflow. It's a question and answer site,...
2009-05-01
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Transparent Data Encryption - A hole?
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) sounded like a really cool feature when I first heard of it. Encrypt your database without...
2009-05-01
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Up and Running
I’ve neglected my weather station for a few weeks. Lots of work, high winds, and snow have slowed me down.
Finally...
2009-05-01
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Building Something Fun - 2
Last Friday I posted about turning my first pen on a lathe, this week I'm discussing my other recent project,...
2009-04-30
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Midlands PASS May Meeting
The Midlands PASS Chapter will be meeting next Thursday night, May 7, at Training Concepts. We have the privilege of welcoming...
2009-04-30
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Long is a Long...
T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL...
Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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